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OIR Spokesman: 82nd Airborne Division Completes Iraq Mission
March 11, 2016 — The 82nd Airborne Division relinquished command of the Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Iraq, to the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) March 8 in Baghdad, Combined Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren told reporters here today... MORE

Iraqi security forces with U.S.-led coalition airdrop support delivered tens of thousands of leaflets over the city of Mosul to contact residents in the past week, to let them know they have not been forgotten, and that Iraqi forces will liberated them, Combined Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren said in a March 11, 2016, press briefing from Baghdad. Warren said the leaflets listed towns and cities Iraqi forces have taken back from ISIL control. DoD photo

Department of Defense Press Briefing by Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook
March 10, 2016 — Department of Defense Press Briefing by Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook in the Pentagon Briefing Room... MORE

Information From Captured ISIL Leader Enables Counter-Chemical Strikes
March 10, 2016 — The U.S.-led coalition battling the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has launched multiple airstrikes against the terrorist group’s chemical weapons capabilities, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook told reporters today... MORE

Pentagon Provides Details on Target of March 4 Syria Airstrike
March 9, 2016 — A March 4 U.S. airstrike near Shaddadi, Syria, targeted senior Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant leader Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili, also known as Abu Umar al-Shishani and "Omar the Chechen," Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said today... MORE

Counter-ISIL Operations Aim to Isolate Raqqa
March 9, 2016 — Coalition operations continue to isolate the Syrian city of Raqqa, the so-called capital of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here yesterday... MORE

Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with Navy Adm. Kurt W. Tidd, commander, U.S. Southern Command, at the command's headquarters in Miami, March 8, 2016.

Official: U.S. Detentions of ISIL Members in Iraq Will be Short-Term Only
March 9, 2016 — Leaders of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant who are captured by the Expeditionary Targeting Force and held for questioning will be detained by the force only for short periods of time and the detention will be coordinated with Iraqi authorities, a Pentagon spokesman said today... MORE

Department of Defense Press Briefing by Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook
March 8, 2016 — Department of Defense Press Briefing by Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook in the Pentagon Briefing Room... MORE

Iraqi Forces Preparing for Mosul Assault, OIR Spokesman Says
March 5, 2016 — With coalition support, Iraqi security forces are preparing for the assault to reclaim the key city of Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, an Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman said today... MORE

Department of Defense Press Briefing by Col. Chris Garver
March 4, 2016 — Department of Defense Press Briefing by Col. Chris Garver, Combined Joint Task Force, Operation Inherent Resolve, Public Affairs Officer ... MORE

Dunford: Counter-ISIL Shaping Operations Have Begun in Mosul
February 29, 2016 — Operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have begun in Mosul, Iraq, and the United States will increase support to Iraqi forces, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today during a news briefing at the Pentagon... MORE

Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Defense Secretary Ash Carter hold a news conference at the Pentagon, Feb. 29, 2016, to discuss progress against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and lessons learned in Afghanistan.